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I continued to work on Greek religion and mythology.13 A persuasive case can be made that mythology is an integral part of Greek religion: 14 mythology is one of the important ways in which the Greeks reflected on their gods and rituals, even if in later antiquity knowledge of mythology became primarily a way of displaying cultural capital (Ch ...
Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East. Jan N. Bremmer. BRILL, 2008 - Religion - 424 pages. In the last decades there has been an increasing interest in the...
28 sie 2020 · Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient near East by Jan N. Bremmer, 2008, Ebsco Publishing edition, in English.
13 sty 2009 · In this elegant book Jan Bremmer brings together fourteen articles that trace Eastern influence on Greece, all published before but here lightly revised and organized according to the presentation of various themes in the Bible: creation, Eve, paradise, fratricide, heavenly war, the Flood, “don’t look back,” seers, dining customs, the ...
But discussion of New Testament references to ancient Greco-Roman religion still has relevance for our day, not least because it highlights the question of how to treat those who belong to different religions (or to none at all), be they family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, or acquaintances.
(Herodotus, 2.50.1, ca. 450 Be) The historical relationship between Greek religion and the ancient Near East is one that scholars have pondered, investigated, and debated for many years.
The Greek colonists assimilated this native religion, identifying Cybele with the Greek goddess Artemis, the virgin hunter. (Later the Romans identified Artemis with their goddess Diana.) Around 560 b.c.e. Croesus of Lydia conquered Ephesus and most of western Asia Minor.
